Category: Timetable

TfW have today announced the details of the December timetable changes. It needs a bit of study to find all the changes, but we think they only affect Sundays at the moment.  There is no promise of a change in rolling stock. For Crewe Shrewsbury it says: Most Marches services have stops removed between Shrewsbury and Crewe (replaced by a Shrewsbury to Crewe local shuttle service). This gives much faster direct journey times In addition, extra stopping services between Crewe and Shrewsbury, will give people in Shropshire and Cheshire a significant number of new services when travelling on a Sunday. […]

TfW’s timetable for the line is available here The significant changes from TfW’s advice are Timetable 2 2117 Cardiff Central – Chester – will no longer run beyond Chester and terminate at Crewe (Monday to Friday) 2030 Manchester Piccadilly – Cardiff Central – will terminate at Crewe and connect into the 2055 from Chester to Cardiff at Crewe (Monday to Friday) 2055 Chester – Crewe – will be extended through to Cardiff Central calling all stations (Monday to Friday) 2309 Shrewsbury – Cardiff Central –will also call at Pontypool & New Inn. (Monday to Friday) 1502 Carmarthen – Manchester Piccadilly […]

We understand that TfW have asked Network Rail for their agreement to improve Sunday services with additional trains. If NR agree, these could be in place in late 2019. CASPA has campaigned for this for many years. Update: we are delighted to see that TfW are to provide additional Sunday services from the December 2019 timetable.